| 单词 | indecipherable |
| 释义 | indecipherable (once / 44268 pages) adj Something that's indecipherable can't be understood. When you can't read your dad's messy handwriting, you can describe it as indecipherable. You'll find Italian poetry to be indecipherable if you don't speak Italian, and you may find some experimental films indecipherable even if they're in English. If you can't figure out the meaning of something, it's indecipherable. At the heart of this adjective is cipher, which means "code" or "secret way of writing." When you decipher something, you crack the code — but if it's indecipherable, the meaning remains a secret. WORD FAMILYindecipherable: indecipherably+/cipher: ciphered, ciphering, ciphers, decipher/decipher: decipherable, deciphered, decipherer, deciphering, decipherment, deciphers/decipherable: decipherably, indecipherable, undecipherable/deciphered: undeciphered/decipherer: decipherers/decipherment: decipherments USAGE EXAMPLESWhat appeared later that afternoon on the final stat sheet from Columbus will remain as indecipherable as some certain elusive hieroglyphics. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) The startup world is full of jargon that can sound odd—if not downright indecipherable—to outsiders. Wall Street Journal(Nov 21, 2016) If all of this sounds indecipherably complicated, rest assured that when you’re watching the movie it is even more so. The New Yorker(Nov 02, 2016) 1adj not easily deciphered indecipherable handwriting Syn unclear, undecipherable, unreadable illegible (of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible 2adj impossible to determine the meaning of an indecipherable message Syn incomprehensible, uncomprehensible difficult to understand |
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